Well, I think it's pretty clear where the programming talent is.
Thomas Barta | 10.26.06 - 4:59 pm | #

You see... it gets a little more difficult if people actually USE your OS. Tens of thousands of apps and hundreds of millions of users tends to complicate things.
James LeGade | 10.26.06 - 7:41 pm | #

"Tens of thousands of apps and hundreds of millions of users tends to complicate things"

I'm afraid you've lost me. On your first point, surely developers write apps for the OS; one doesn't write the OS to cater to every app all the way back to DOS, right?

On your second point: how could number of users POSSIBLY effect how you write your OS? Either you "do it right" or you don't.

MSFT has chosen the bandaid-every-couple-of year approach. Maybe the HAVE to, with competitors nibbling at the heels. But, the fact is, they are 10 plus year behind everybody else, technologically, because their competitors are ALL using UNIX or UNIX-like foundations. The train has left the station. And they are not on it.
Thomas Barta | 10.26.06 - 11:30 pm | #

Thanks for the comments all.

I think Thomas is right. The apps argument died years ago. I can run most Windows apps on Linux under WINE. And all the Windows competitors are on Unix-based systems which have much better foundational structures. The train truly has left the station.

Again, thanks for all the thoughts. And keep those comments coming.

Carl
Carl | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 11:52 am | #